The Lost Kingdom

Category: Fantasy

He had been waiting for her for what felt like an eternity.

It was the kind of night when secrets refused to stay buried.

She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.

A knock at the door changed everything.

The train pulled out of the station with a long, mournful whistle.

The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.

The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.

The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.

The end.

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